Edgar Allan PoeThe Heene family aren't the first to come up with a balloon-based con: Edgar Allan Poe did it in 1844Quite why the Heene family of Colorado thought pretending to lose their son in the basket of an airborne helium balloon was a good idea is unclear. But as they contemplate possible criminal records for conspiracy and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, they can at least take comfort in the fact that they have distinguished company when it comes to balloon hoaxes. Read More...
OpinionSociety This article is more than 4 years oldThe millennials at 31: welcome to the age of miseryThis article is more than 4 years oldBridie JabourDo I hate my job? Do I want a child? Am I not, actually, all that special after all? The end of our extended adolescence is bringing many painful questions
I usually avoid assigning characteristics to entire groups of people.
I think it is odd to say all millennials and boomers are a certain way, that people of a particular nationality are rude, that a gender is clueless, when really you are usually just talking about a small number of middle class people, or more embarrassingly, nobody at all. Read More...
Portugal This article is more than 1 year oldVeteran surfer Marcio Freire dies at Portuguese big-wave break NazaréThis article is more than 1 year oldFreire fell from his board and rescuers’ attempts to resuscitate him on land failed, authorities said, in first death at the famous surfing spot
Tributes have poured in for Marcio Freire after the legendary Brazilian died while surfing the giant waves at Nazaré in Portugal.
Freire was among three pioneering Brazilian surfers who featured in the 2016 documentary Mad Dogs about their attempt to conquer the giant wave “Jaws” in Hawaii. Read More...
